So basically, a group of protesters with signs (emulating finish line tape) stood on lanes 5-7 or so about 5 meters out from the finish line obstructing the way of the runners in those lanes. Karsten Warholm, who was in line 8, won the event and wasn't impacted but probably distracted. How did this happen?
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What is there to protest in sweden? Is this like an immigration thing?
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Some climate activist idiots
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Where’s Greta?
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Per Twitter, they were protesting Peat Harvesting
I'm all for efforts to mitigate climate change and help the environment, but protesting on the homestretch of a track is probably the most smooth-brained attempt that wouldn't help your case. Imagine being on pace for a PR then this happens.
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What a bunch of absolute losers. Throw these scumbags in prison if you want to prevent garbage like this. Imagine this happening on the final lap of a World Championship.
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Well, apart from this one52
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Really dangerous to throw an unexpected obstacle/barrier at guys running that speed. If one of them had pulled up or changed direction in panic they could have been badly injured.
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Swedish science deniers don't realize that unharvested peat breaks down... into CO2 and methane, i.e."greenhouse gases". Dumbfxxx Swedes FTL.
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kiltedrunner wrote:
Really dangerous to throw an unexpected obstacle/barrier at guys running that speed. If one of them had pulled up or changed direction in panic they could have been badly injured.
The danger allows the protestors to feel empowered in their courage.
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I just saw this on YT
The protestors are lucky the runners didn't come back around after catching their breathe to throw hands
Lane 5 potentially could have gotten 2nd but got stuck with a 4th place finish, I would be furious if those protestors snatched my meal money away
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Go somewhere else, race baiting freak.
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They got trucked which was funny but politely escorted off the track which is so Sweden.
These clowns show up at a som events just looking for attention. Climate change activists like this are the biggest frauds out there and that’s not an easy title to hold.
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Jack Parker wrote:
What a bunch of absolute losers. Throw these scumbags in prison if you want to prevent garbage like this. Imagine this happening on the final lap of a World Championship.
yeah interfering with a track meet with 5 fans in it deserves jail time........ only the LR losers would post this
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mussibini wrote:
Jack Parker wrote:
What a bunch of absolute losers. Throw these scumbags in prison if you want to prevent garbage like this. Imagine this happening on the final lap of a World Championship.
yeah interfering with a track meet with 5 fans in it deserves jail time........ only the LR losers would post this
It could've caused a serious injury for the athletes or ruined a PR opportunity under different circumstances. Injury = no WC = career derailed = lost money. The fact that you don't comprehend this shows you're equally as moronic as those protesters.
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Like Really Bro wrote:
What is there to protest in sweden? Is this like an immigration thing?
They were protesting the 'one false start and you're out' rule.
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How did the announcers not even react to this? These guys set up a false finish line 15 meters before the finish, were sitting right on the track, nearly got run over, and the announcers didn't even seem to notice anything was amiss? I was expecting a "OH! THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD!" kind of moment from the announcers. Did they purposely ignore it so as to not draw any attention to the protesters?
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